The utility of short message service (SMS) texts to remind patients at higher risk of STIs and HIV to reattend for testing: A controlled before and after study

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-13

  Burton, Jessica ^a   Brook, Gary ^a   McSorley, John ^a   Murphy, Siobhan ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; REMINDER SYSTEM; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE; STANDARD; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTION; CONTRACEPTION; HEALTH SERV RESEARCH; SERVICE DELIVERY; SEXUAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84895546427     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051228     Document Type: Article

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